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Show Page 32—THE HERALD. Provo, Utah, Sunday September2. 1979 Reporter Describes Berlin 40 Years Ago LONDON day. Sept. By JOSEPH W. GRIGG (UPi) — At 5°45 on the morning of Fri 1. 1939 —40 years ago Saturday London Paris and Warsaw were blacked out ven days earlier Hitler had rocked the world b; the jouncing he was signing a nonaggre sion pact with the official Nazi began Overthe streets r breaking The few e broad. empty expanse ¢ in case Britain end dawn was rkers hurrying along the ter den Linden saw the n for six blood-soaked In the great mausoleum-like Reich Ch himself had built Nazi Fuehrer Adolf F the proclamation and went to bed inhis like bedroom The Polish state has re d th € settle ment of our relations as nel striven, and instead has appealed to a have the proclamation read. “There remains no other mean: of ending this madnessbut fromnow on to meet force began at last to fear the worst Sandbags were stacked against Berlin store windows. Anti-aircraft guns were mounted on tall buildings. Young men clutching mobi!ization orders jammedrailroad stations. In a series of urgent messages toHitler. Britain and France soughtto headoff war. But he was set on it regardless At dawn on Sept. ing streets leading to the Kroll Opera House, where the rubberstamp Nazi Reichstag had metsince 1933. Telephone calls to London and Pa creasinglydifficult and finally impossible International train and plane services ceased. time For two days Britain and France hesitated. though pledged to come to Poland's aid Finally at 9 a.m. on Sunday Sept. 3 Britain's am- bassador Sir Nevile Henderson handed Nazi Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop a declaration of war. The French followed suit some hourslater WILLIAM D. PRESTON, M.D. announces the establishment of his practice in Family Medicine across the Polish frontier in His aim was a quick cheap triumphover Poland. Britain and France Poland's allies, should stay out. he warned All normal communications between Germany and the West had ceased. This was a lie. The Polish army never had fired against Germans. That night Berlin was blacked out for the first 1 he struck, sending his armies and air fleets crashing neither war nor peace as Hitler prepared tolaunch an unprovoked attack against Poland SOME PEOPLE want to be buried in their favorite outfit. Others want the company of cherished possissions in the grave. But customers of Ai Birkedahl, co-founder and coowner of the Denver Casket Furniture Co., have the option of being laid to rest in a book case, wine rack or coat closet. The taiivning of fvod, cloilung, siives aiid soap. they history's first horrific blitzkrieg Neutral reporters in Berlin saw Germans glumly reading Hitler's proclamation in special early editions under the huge red banner, ‘From nowon force against force!" with force.’ For morethan a week Germany and with it all Europe — had groped in a twilight world that was * began leaving Berlin Aug. 25 Hitler seer pleted mobilization Few German civilians expected war But when on Aug. 26 Hitler abruptly canceled the annual Nazi Party congress at Nuremberg and then ordered strained and pallid, Hitler shrieked “Sincelastnight Poland has used regular S to fire on our ter ritory. Since 5:45 a.m. we have beenfiring back at THE CASCADE PROFESSIONALCENTER 560 S. State Suite M-1 Orem, Ut. Office Hours: 9-5 Daily Middle-aged. pot-bellied stormtroopers beganlinShortly before 10 a.m. a roar rose from crowds now massed along Unter den LindenasHitler. wearing a gray field uniform. sweptpastin a black open-topped Mercedessurrounded by bodyguards. Standing before the Wagnerian backdrop of a huge golden eagle surmounting a golden swastika, his face Phone 225-1334 company makes and markets plain pine boxes which are stained and outfitted to serve a wide variety of earthly purposes prior to assuming their conventional function. Birkedahl is shown standing in a coffee tablemodel, whileatleft is a bookcase model. (UPI Telephoto) Coffin Options Are Offered By Casket Furniture Firm DENVER (UPI) — Some people wantto be buried in their favorite outfit. Others want the company of cherished possessions in the grave. Al Birkedahl's customers have the option of being laid to rest in a bookcase, wine rack orcoatcloset. As co-founder and co-owner of the Denver Casket Furniture Co., Birkedahl makes and markets plain pine boxes whichare stained andoutfitted to serve a wide range of earthly purposes prior to assuming their con- ventional function. The costs incurred in burying a relative started Birkedahl thinking about plain pine boxes. He decided, with his brother-in-law Wayne Hinrichs, to offer mortuaries an economicalalternative. “It is crazy to throw millions and millionsof dollars inte the ground,” he said. “The mortuaries do have woodencoffins,” he said, “but they show you a plain, unstained model, lined with cheap grey cloth to look like death itself.”” His sales pitch for handsomely finished pine boxesran into a dead end. Mortuaries were notinterested in nicely stained pine boxes. he said. beause they have long standing contracts with coffin manufacturers. Birkedahl decided to bypass the mortuary and go directly to the potential occupant with the idea of using a wooden casketpriortoits eventual and ultimate purpose. For $89, unstained, the truly farsighted and unsqueamish can buy a pinebox,six feetlong. in severalvariations of the known shape, complete with hinged lid, rope handies. For $109, internal fittings are included for hanging clothes. stacking wine, shelving booksor a host of other purposes. And for $139. the fittings and thestain of your choiceareavailable. Birkedah!said pecanis the most popularfinish. The concept of a close association with one's coffin prior to death dates back at least to the Egyptians. where kings built tombs and dictated ta LIL Mame elaborate decorations for their caskets, he said. The contemporary attitude about death, by and large, leaves planning for the funeral until late in life if at all Birkedahl said. Yet, he is hopeful the public’s aversion to accepting or planning for death will change. “We may be 20 years ahead our time,” he said. Woodencoffins can be viewed as a logicial extension of the “natural” trend. SALE THE PANT THATBENDS WOMEN'S VISA /| POLYESTER STRETCH fa y GABARDINE [|| NYLON QUILT PANT COATS 2 STYLES REG. TO $50 “Tt is a way to get away from the high cost of conventional caskets which also slow the natural processof returning to the earth,”’ he said. ‘‘You deteriorate in a $1,500 casket just as you would in a pine box.” cn Birkedahl went into business last Novemberbut ads for casket furniture brought few orders in competition with Christmas merchandising, he said. He and Hinrichs still have other jobs beats demandstill has not picked up much. i aA ‘i nin Ce Co REG.$17. SMALL DEPOSIT On Leyaway renovation proposal and financing finalized within a year. The State Legislature appropriated the funds to 4(| Today Tomo | 9 A.M. DOORBUSTER Wayto Protect Oid House Restoration Advisory Committee could go ahead with its plans if it could have a | But what he lacks in volume, Birkedahl makes upfor in variety of customers. A priest bought three for use as bookcases to help parishoners accept death. Architect Selected to Find SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) — The Utah guiiding Board has named an architect to find a way to prevent further damage to the state-owned Devereaux Mansion, slated for restoration but gutted by fire three weeks ago. The board chose Burtch W. BeallJr. for the project because he already had a verbal agreementto work on renovation of the building. The state purchased the building earlier this year for $750,000 but restoration wasin question after the Aug. 9 blaze. Gov. Scott Matheson earlier this week said the Devereaux House | $899 Will Hold buy the historic home but not for the restoration. Beall will get $11,009 from the Utah Division of State History to shore up the roof and floors which were damaged in the blaze. Matheson also said $100,000 will be available from fire insurance for the renovation. The building board also named the Blosch Construction Co. to install MEN’S LEVIS $11” REG. TO $18. corduroy, boot jeons, shrink to fit MEN'S Sut security devices in the mansion and finish fire clean up. The money for the work — $15,000 — is from what wasleft after the property was purchased The restoration is expected to cost about $3 million. Terracor a develop ment firm, has already committed$1.5 ee Re LL million to the project as part of a plan to develop the whole block wherethe mansion sits. Tee Aaa a ATTACHE CASE aU GRAINED VINYL LEATHER-LOOK VINYL COVER DOUBLE METAL LOCKS aaa aats a 119” 9 A.M. DOORBUSTER SPECIAL PRICE BUSTER BROWN SAVE 35% to BROWN ONLY REG. 40% SET MOSTLY TOPS |
